All the stuff in your life? You can take it with you.

No, not like that. Our funeral procession won’t include a U-Haul.

I mean that when we’re going from one place to another, we can take items with us to return them to their assigned homes, or at the very least get them closer.

In my house, I’ll temporarily leave something that needs to go upstairs near the bottom step. Next time I’m heading upstairs anyway, I’ll take the item with me and put it away.

Same with the items temporarily perched on the railing near the basement steps. When I go to start a load of laundry, I’ll take them with me.

Same with the items temporarily resting on the chair by the door. When I go to return my library books, I’ll also drop some letters in the mailbox and return my umbrella to my car.

When we’re getting out of the car, we can take a couple of pieces of trash out with us.

When we’re already leaving our house to run an errand, we can take that borrowed item we’ve been meaning to return to a neighbor.

This is a small but significant routine that maintains our hard-earned order in our homes. Combine with the one-minute rule and nightly curfew to even greater effect.